Very emotional show tonight with brilliant acting by Julianne Nicholson and Lizzy Caplan. The scene in which Virginia cuts off the 911 call and, out of love and respect for Lillian, lets her go was gut wrenching.

Julianne Nicholson has become one of my favorite actresses. I wish she had more lead roles.

Couldn't agree more! Nicholson was wonderful as the brilliant but lonely and socially inept Dr. Lillian DePaul. She nearly broke my heart when told Virginia a little about her unhappy youth as a remarkably tall and skinny girl.

Couldn't agree more! Nicholson was wonderful as the brilliant but lonely and socially inept Dr. Lillian DePaul. She nearly broke my heart when told Virginia a little about her unhappy youth as a remarkably tall and skinny girl.

Totally agree. This show is vaulting up to the top of the season of viewing for me. I must admit I started watching this for the smut (thanks Sarah Silverman BTW), but the writing and acting are really first class. Showtime has really hit a home run here.

Renewed for season 3. Going to miss J. Nicholson's Dr. DePaul. Really sad story about awkward youth and never being loved as far as she knew. Not surprising she decided to go out on her own terms. Nice touch having Virginia hang up the phone when she realized it was the way her friend wanted to go.

is Ms. Nicholson still on Boardwalk Empire ? Her character showed up in bits and pieces here and there in the most recent seasons, but the new season is about 5 years after the previous season

She's not listed in the 2014 cast for Boardwalk Empire in IMDB. She was very good in August: Osage County, playing up against powerhouses Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and the always great Margo Martindale. I also remember her as the young Detective on Law and Order: Criminal Intent for a few seasons. She has a long and excellent body of work and she will be missed on MOS.

We haven't seen the last episode yet but time jump ahead was quite jarring. Lots of ground was covered and storylines were advanced but not all was explained: it seemed that Master's marriage was on the rocks so the new baby was quite the surprise as was his no longer working at Buell hospital. I may need a Masters Of Sex for dummy ' s book to keep up!

Several weeks ago, my TiVo lost its mind and ate my Masters of Sex season pass. As a consequence I missed Episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10. Today I setup a new season pass, watched 7, ,8, and 9 on Showtime Anytime, and have episode 10 setup to record on my TiVo tonight.

I continue to be deeply impressed with the show. Masters is a self-centered and delusional, gold plated a**hole but as much as I detest him I can't take my eyes off of him. His sexual dysfunction has struck me as Just Deserts.

Virginia is an around the bend risk taker but in her own way seems to love Masters and God help her with that! Masters' wife, Libby is a child woman, completely oblivious to Masters' treachery. I want to feel sorry for her, but have a hard time generating much sympathy. The bottom line is that despite the absence of the endlessly intriguing Scullys, played by the great Beau Bridges and Allison Janney, I like the show as much as ever.

I should add that I also enjoyed the performances of Christian Borle as Masters' brother. He is a fine actor and is a Broadway musical theater star to boot. He had a featured role in NBC's "live" production of The Sound of Music.

I should add that I also enjoyed the performances of Christian Borle as Masters' brother. He is a find actor and is a Broadway musical theater star to boot. He had a featured role in NBC's "live" production of The Sound of Music.

Several weeks ago, my TiVo lost its mind and ate my Masters of Sex season pass. As a consequence I missed Episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10. Today I setup a new season pass, watched 7, ,8, and 9 on Showtime Anytime, and have episode 10 setup to record on my TiVo tonight.

I continue to be deeply impressed with the show. Masters is a self-centered and delusional, gold plated a**hole but as much as I detest him I can't take my eyes off of him. His sexual dysfunction has struck me as Just Deserts.

Virginia is an around the bend risk taker but in her own way seems to love Masters and God help her with that! Masters' wife, Libby is a child woman, completely oblivious to Masters' treachery. I want to feel sorry for her, but have a hard time generating much sympathy. The bottom line is that despite the absence of the endlessly intriguing Scullys, played by the great Beau Bridges and Allison Janney, I like the show as much as ever.

I should add that I also enjoyed the performances of Christian Borle as Masters' brother. He is a find actor and is a Broadway musical theater star to boot. He had a featured role in NBC's "live" production of The Sound of Music.

I really like this show too but I think that the absence of the Scully's and the late Dr. DePaul has left a big hole and I'm amazed as well at how oblivious Libby is. I don't really buy her civil rights storyline. It seems tacked on like we need to know how turbulent the times were outside of the "study ". I hope Lester doesn't screw things up with Barbara. That could be the one successful cure that Masters has been looking for. Despite the one or two faults the acting continues to be top notch.

I really like this show too but I think that the absence of the Scully's and the late Dr. DePaul has left a big hole and I'm amazed as well at how oblivious Libby is. I don't really buy her civil rights storyline. It seems tacked on like we need to know how turbulent the times were outside of the "study ". I hope Lester doesn't screw things up with Barbara. That could be the one successful cure that Masters has been looking for. Despite the one or two faults the acting continues to be top notch.

I agree that the loss of powerhouse performers like Bridges, Janney, and Julianne Nicholson leaves a hole. Nevertheless, as you noted, the acting continues to be outstanding.

As for Libby's cluelessness. The norm for well bred matrons of Libby's day who had troubles in their marriages was to ignore them and hope they would go away. That's why Libby's confession to Virginia that she and Masters hadn't had sex in over a year surprised me. Because of that, I am inclined to think she really is unaware of Masters' dalliance with Virginia but who knows?

I'm inclined to think the same way especially since she continues to think of Virginia as a close friend. When the betrayal finally comes to light it will be doubly devastating. But if she does know, or at least suspects, that could prove to very interesting.

I really like this show too but I think that the absence of the Scully's and the late Dr. DePaul has left a big hole and I'm amazed as well at how oblivious Libby is. I don't really buy her civil rights storyline. It seems tacked on like we need to know how turbulent the times were outside of the "study ". I hope Lester doesn't screw things up with Barbara. That could be the one successful cure that Masters has been looking for. Despite the one or two faults the acting continues to be top notch.

I don't think Libby's civil right story was tacked on. In fact, they have been telegraphing for quite awhile that she will be having an affair of her own with the black civil rights/babysitter's brother character. Sorry, can't remember his name, want to say Marcus? This is usually not my type of show, but gave it a chance because have heard of all the excellent acting. At this point, I find myself in the unusally behavoir of fast forwarding through the sex scenes to get to the dialogue. I think both leads are terrible human beings. Master being an egotistical azzhole and Johnson a manipulative go getter that will use anyone to get what she wants. I am waiting to see the hammer fall on both of them.

I really like this show too but I think that the absence of the Scully's and the late Dr. DePaul has left a big hole and I'm amazed as well at how oblivious Libby is. I don't really buy her civil rights storyline. It seems tacked on like we need to know how turbulent the times were outside of the "study ". I hope Lester doesn't screw things up with Barbara. That could be the one successful cure that Masters has been looking for. Despite the one or two faults the acting continues to be top notch.

I think Libby is more interested in having a big black stud in bed with her. She just may not realize it yet. She was intrigued when her housekeeper told the story about how her man (she later learns it was made up because he was her brother) satisfied her in bed. The maid just couldn't resist zinging her since she knew the Masters' slept in separate beds. Libby is not sexually satisfied and the brother may be her answer.

I really like this show too but I think that the absence of the Scully's and the late Dr. DePaul has left a big hole and I'm amazed as well at how oblivious Libby is. I don't really buy her civil rights storyline. It seems tacked on like we need to know how turbulent the times were outside of the "study ". I hope Lester doesn't screw things up with Barbara. That could be the one successful cure that Masters has been looking for. Despite the one or two faults the acting continues to be top notch.

Just a side note about the housing projects that Libby and Robert were canvassing, Netflix has an excellent documentary about those very buildings called The Pruitt-Igoe Myth. Having watched the film several months ago it was interesting to see a portion of the documentary dramatized in this show.

I continue to watch this show with my wife every week and it continues to floor us with every episode! Great story writing and fabulous acting!! I agree, I cannot take my eyes off the two main characters they are just amazing on camera together! I also agree that Libby is looking for attention in many ways. I can't wait to see where this is going with the civil rights activist angle. Can't wait until Sunday!